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 Stone of the Phalanx chapter8 - Alpha-one

   Frederic2 stepped up to Q.  "I have won, now I want what is mine." "You
shall have it.  I, Q, granted to power of arbitrary by the ancient laws of
the Phalanx, grant you the total control over all what exists in this
dimension and others.  Go and do as you please, as you are the only Phalanx
left in existence.  "

   A bolt of white lightning coursed from the sky and engulfed Frederic2,
who screamed in obvious agony.  He dropped to his knees and started crying.
"I did it!  I finally am what I have always deserved!  I, Frederic
Fromthefield have always been smarter, abler and wiser than anyone alive.
Now I have the ability to exercise that right." After uttering a dark,
rolling laugh, he disappeared.

   Daphnix stepped to the pile of rocks his friend was buried under.  He
fell to his knees and wept in grief.  "My only friend.  Why couldn't I have
been more powerful?  Why didn't I help you?  I am a failure.  I am not
worthy of being your friend." He felt a hand on his shoulder.  He turned
around and saw a man, different from Q but in some way exactly like him. 
"Who are you?" Daphnix asked.

   "I am Q.  I know how complicated this must seem to you, but I am a
different Q then the one that helped Frederic and you.  I will now help you
and the rightful Phalanx, the Frederic buried here."

   "What's the catch?  Why would you help us?"

   "I am not interested in the laws of the Phalanx.  I only want the
universe to be in good hands, and I have a personal score to settle with Q.
I took away his powers once, but he was forgiven later on.  This time, with
the help of Frederic, I will finish him off."

   "So, instead of being just a general good guy, you are a good guy with a
personal score to settle."

   "Yes."

   Daphnix shrugged his shoulders.  "Fine with me.  Now, how are we going
to get Frederic back?"

   Q snapped his fingers and Frederic appeared before their feet.  "He
looks a little ...  dead to me." Daphnix said with a definite sadness in
his voice.  Q bent over and touched Frederic's forehead.  A white glow
accompanied this move.  Frederic blinked his eyes open.  "Where am I?  Ow,
my head hurts." He tried to bring his arm to his head and screamed out in
agony as he tested both his broken arms.  He then fruitless tried to get to
his feet, but his legs didn't allow this.

   "Easy, Phalanx.  Almost every bone in your body is broken and every
muscle is bruised.  You were dead and would still be if I hadn't helped
you. It will take some time to heal all your physical and mental wounds."

   "Q?  What are you doing..." Frederic's voice died out as he fell into a
deep, relaxing sleep.

   Daphnix almost ran to Frederic as he thought his friend was dead once
again.  Q stopped him.  "He is resting.  His body and his powers have take
great damage.  It will require a great deal of time to get him back up and
running." Daphnix nodded.  He realized that this would be a lot harder then
he originally thought.

   It took a few days for Frederic to open his eyes again.  Although he was
hurt, he still wasn't Human.  In those few days, his physical wounds had
healed, with only a little stiffness and soreness to remember him at what
happened.  Frederic got up from the bed and walked to the door.  It was
locked.  Frederic was still sleepy, so he didn't immediately thought of his
powers.  He looked around in his cell.  "No windows, one small lamp to lit
the room, only one door of steel, walls of solid granite" he thought aloud.
"This looks like a prison cell." He decided to test the door's strength. 
He walked back a few paces and launched himself at it, in a standard karate
jump.  Of course, it didn't budge and the only result Frederic got from the
exercise was more pain from his sore limbs.  Frederic decided to use more
drastic measures and launched a telekinetic ball at it.  he could just as
good have used a tennis ball.  It ricochets off the door and sailed halfway
across the room before Frederic made it disappear.  "The ball was soft in
stead of hard.  I have lost most of the strength of my powers." He
realized. As it sank in, Frederic dropped to his knees and did what he
always did when he was loosing his emotional control.  He meditated.  But,
what had worked many times before, now had no effect at all.  Frederic lost
his temper for the first time since he almost slaughtered the Klingons.  He
screamed and cried.  The grossest insults filled his cell.  He then
proceeded to yell at the Stone, still part of him.  "Use program
Battle-Alpha-One, Phalanx.  But beware, since you are still weak, it is
possible that you die because of the energy drain.  We would not recommend
the use of this until you are stronger." The Stone replied.

   "What does the program do?" "Your entire being will be altered, so you
can release forces never before heard of by any species.  Only 2 Phalanx
ever saw what they did." "What happened to them?  Why have I never found
any record of them?" "They were annihilated, ripped apart by the same
forces they released.  " "That figures.  Ok.  I will not use it, but is
there anything else I should be aware of?" "Remember the 2 men you
destroyed when you were rescuing your sister?" "When reality split apart?
Yea, I do." "You used the program.  Because you only had 2 Stones, the
power was limited, but still did substantial damage to reality itself.  Can
you imagine what power the three Stones together can do?" "Is there
anything else I should now about?" "You will probably not be able to think,
as you will loose sentience for the duration of the program." "How long is
that?" "You select the amount of time before you start." Frederic had
calmed down and decided not to use his powers until they had regained some
strength.  He sat down and meditated.

   In the next room, Daphnix and Q were monitoring Frederic's progress. 
"Why can't we let him out, Q?" Daphnix asked.  "It is absolutely necessary
for Frederic to regain his powers on his own, and letting him believe he is
captured is the best way to accomplish this.  By the way, Frederic2 can't
detect Frederic, since the cell is made of a special material that blocks
his powers.  That is also the reason why Frederic can't get out or detect
our presence." Daphnix nodded in understanding.

   Frederic2 sat on his throne in his newly created warship, a Death Star.
It was an exact copy of the one on Star Wars.  He was receiving some of his
'loyal' subjects.  Frederic2 had instated this 'court's day' for people
with problems to come and see their leader.  Before the massive throne,
made from gold, silver and priceless gems, was a small girl, sobbing. 
"Please, sir.  My father didn't do anything wrong.  Don't kill him! 
Please! I'll do anything!"

   Frederic2 was listening to the girls whimpered words.  He had wrongly
accused her father, along with countless others, so he could have some fun
torturing and killing them when they no longer had the force to scream. 
The girl before him made him sick.  She had a nice touch to her, but he
hated sobbing and whimpering girls.  He raised his right hand and a massive
fireball coursed through the air and struck the girl.  She laid on the
floor screaming in agony.  It took her almost 30 seconds to die.  Frederic2
raised his hand and the remains disappeared.  " She dared to accuse me of
lying!!" he thundered through the massive hall.  "That is the price of
disloyalty to me!" he shouted.

   The other men, women and children in the hall took a few steps back. 
They knew that the man before them wasn't Frederic, but they had all hoped
that he would at least have some good in him.  Now that hope had been
burned, along with the girl.  Frederic2 stepped down from his throne.  He
walked towards the crowd and looked at them.  He pointed out a woman.  "You
will stay here.  The rest of you: leave!" the crowd left the room at
blinding speed, glad they didn't have to stay.

   He walked towards the woman he selected.  "You will be my personal fuck
toy, slut.  Now, get down on your knees and serve me." The woman had no
idea why she did what was asked of her, but she did.  She dropped to her
knees and opened his pants.  She took out his growing member and put it in
her mouth.  For some reason, she froze.  "Suck my dick, you dirty little
mother-fucking slut!!!" she needed no more 'encouragement' than this.  She
sucked his dick and ran her tongue along his organ, trying to give him as
much pleasure as possible.  Frederic2 grabbed her hair and pressed his cock
deep in her mouth, forcing it all in.  He woman now had another problem:
air!  Frederic2's cock was so big, it blocked her airways.  She sucked and
licked while struggling for air.  For some strange reason, air came on a
lower place for her.  All she wanted to do was pleasure her master.  She
finally got him off.  Frederic2's cock grew another centimeter or 2 and
spurted an enormous amount of sperm down her throat.  She didn't gag, much
to her surprise, and drank the salty semi-liquid like the finest wine. 
Frederic2 released her.  She fell back and took in breath after breath of
fresh air.  The woman turned around, lifted her dress and pulled down her
panties.  She presented her love tunnel to her master and waited for the
inevitable.  Suddenly, she felt it.  Frederic2's gigantic monster pressed
at her entrance.  She moaned and grunted as Frederic2 forced his cock
inside her.  Finally, it was as deep as it went.  He slowly pulled out and
smashed inside her with a blinding speed.  The woman screamed as her vagina
was so brutally entered.  Frederic2 kept up this rhythm of slow withdrawal
and fast entry, until the woman no longer could stand the abuse between her
legs and climaxed.  Frederic2 came immediately after she did.  "Dress
yourself properly and go to my room, slut" Frederic2 said to her.  The
woman wondered why she felt so great of being a fuck toy or how she knew
where her master's room was.

   Meanwhile, Frederic was still alone in his cell, pondering his fate of
total isolation.  It had been 6 months since he had lost his battle with
his dark side.  His meditation had resulted in replenished powers and a
rejuvenated body, but he was still unable to get out of the cell, even now
that he had the strength to do anything he wanted, within the limits of his
cell off course.  "Stone, how strong are my powers?" "They are back at 100%
capacity.  Your body is fully healed and the psychological damage is
non-existent." "Are you strong enough to go over the facts of my ... 
encounter with my dark side?" "Affirmative" "How come he beat me that
easily?  I thought we had the same strengths and weaknesses?" "Negative. 
Frederic2 has not received the same training you have.  You have focussed
on the non-combatant side of your powers, like gene sequencing and mental
control.  The dark one has focussed on attack and defense, that is why you
had such a hard time inflicting minimal damage and he could wipe the floor
on with you." "So, I have to focus on the strength, agility and endurance
of my powers.  Can you project what Frederic2 is doing now?" "I can make an
educated guess, but we can not be entirely sure." "Proceed" "I think that
Frederic2 is transforming your empire into the most evil force that ever
existed.  You showed substantial strength in mind control, but projections
show that Frederic2 has greater abilities in that field too.  It is very
likely that he is now training the human race into savage warriors,
teaching them to use the powers you granted them for the expansion of his
empire." "Damn.  I have to get out of here.  Stone, is there no way of
getting out of this cell?" "Negative.  The cell is made of a material that
is immune to the effects of your powers." "Execute program
Battle-Alpha-One. Duration: 5 minutes.  Wait for activation until I give
the order." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I am." Frederic knelt down and stretched
his arms upwards.  "I call upon the great link of the human powers!  I am
Phalanx Fromthefield and I demand the powers of the interdimensional Human
empire!  Power!  Come to me now!!!!"

   Frederic2 was having court-day (as usual.  This is his way of torturing
his 'loyal' subjects.  He was reluctant to go down to Earth: the transport
was to tiring.).  he sat on his throne, his slut as his feet giving him a
blow-job (he just called her 'slut' as she never had any use for another
name.) .  "Approach me." He said to the man first in line.  "What do you
require of your sovereign?" "Last week's storm has destroyed my crops,
Lord. Could you please give me an extension on my taxes?" Frederic2 raised
his had and lighting flew towards the man.  He had the unhappy reflex of
raising a mental shield.  The lighting bounced of and hit a wall.  "You
dare to challenge me?  I would kill you myself, but my army needs more
guinea pigs to test torture techniques." The man disappeared in a white
flash.  Suddenly, all the people in the room, Slut included, stood straight
up and turned towards to virtual point.  Frederic2 could see the energy
link clearly.  It had gone undetected until activated.  "That blasted
do-gooder!  I'll kill him!!" Frederic2 flew through the ceiling of the
hall, luckily located at the top of the Death star and followed the energy
trail.

   "Shit!!  He used the Link!  No, Phalanx, don't!  the dark one will
follow it!  Shut it down now!" Q shouted.  "Stone, initiated program." "the
forces of the human race combined with the ultimate power of the Phalanx
will be unstoppable!!  Program initiated for 5 minutes.  Good luck!" The
stone was audibly exited by the fact the it finally had the chance to show
what it was worth.  Frederic howled in pain.  His skin changed color into
an orange tint.  His fingers merged until he only had three left.  He grew
another meter and his muscles became more punctuated.  His head changed
too, growing a thick bone layer, making it look more like a Klingon. 
"Phalanx smash!!" it shouted.  A black orb flew from the thing's right
hand. It grew smaller as it raced towards the door.  As it connected, it
disappeared completely, releasing it's entire mass as energy on top of the
extremely high energy value it already had.  Not the door, but the entire
cell was blasted outwards.  The beast looked up and saw Frederic2, racing
along the energy link.  "Dark man evil!" it shouted.  "Dark man Phalanx
enemy!" "Does it always speak that way?" Daphnix asked Q "From what I've
heard, it shouldn't even be able to think.  It intelligence level should be
equal to a dog." Q responded "Frederic has always been smarter than anyone
else.  Could this have something to do with that?" "Possibly." The orange
creature launched itself towards Frederic2, its claws extended.  Frederic2
jumped aside, making the creature barely miss its target..  "Phalanx mad!"
a black orb, doing exactly the same as the previous one, was launched
towards Frederic2.  He did whatever was in his power to outrun or
outmaneuver the orb, but it was a tracking projectile and couldn't miss. 
It blew up in the same way its predecessor had.  A blinding e flash was the
result.

   Daphnix turned back towards the battle as the light subsided.  Frederic2
was on the ground, bleeding the traditional green slime out of an enormous
amount of wounds.  The creature landed not far away.  Frederic2 slowly
crawled to his feet.  He was wobbling a little, but as fine otherwise. 
"Phalanx kill puny dark man.".  It smashed its 'fists' together.  FOUR
black orbs began to form above and below the elbows.  They slowly grew
bigger.  When they were approximately 40 centimeters in diameter, they flew
to wards the center, the 2 fists slammed together.  As they touched, they
merged, forming an enormous black hole of over a meter and a half in
diameter.  Frederic2 was panicky looking for a place to hide.  He was
running around, flying up and down to do everything possible to escape, but
to no avail.  The rules of the phalanx prohibited him to leave the
battlefield of honor without a proclaimed winner.  The penalty would be
eternal slavery.  Meanwhile, the gigantic orb was flying towards him,
growing smaller, but radiating white, pure energy around the surface of the
orb.  It connected, instantly releasing the built up energy of the entire
human race and the energy of the 5000 year sleep of the stone.  The flash
that resulted, was brighter than white, stronger than anything Daphnix or Q
ever saw.  Then came the shock wave, it was terrible, it shook the entire
universe as the energy the beast released against the dark man was of such
magnitude it was far reater than even the force that had created it.

   Frederic felt the shaking.  He opened his eyes.  "OW!  My head hurts. 
Where am I?" "you OK, bro?" a familiar face asked.  "Barbara?  How?  What?
WHERE?" "Easy, little brother.  Your plains crashed, remember?  You have
been in coma for 7 weeks.  Everything will be fine now.  I will go home and
get some sleep, and you can get some rest." "I had such a marvelous dream
Barbs!" Frederic shouted.  "You can tell me all about it in the morning.  I
am tired and you can use the rest."

   Frederic thought for a long time.  "It has all been a dream?  I am not
the Phalanx?  I back to my worthless self!  It is not FAIR!" at the same
time, the glass of water next to him cracked...



   The End.

   So, this is it.  the end of the Phalanx.  I am seriously thinking about
a second story, where Frederic goes through the process of training his
REAL powers.

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